Globelics Seminar on Innovation and Economic Development

• Invitation letter [download]
  
• Program [download]
• Background note [dowload]
  
• Particpant list [download]
• Participant CVs [download]
• Guide for reimbursement of travel costs [download]
• Reimbursement form [download]

Programme

• Session 1: Africalics: Why and How to build the Network - background and preliminary ideas
• Session 2: On-going research on LICS in Africa and perspectives for new research
• Session 3: Ideas for new research projects on LICS in Africa
• Session 4: How can development agencies and donor organisations contribute to network formation in Africa?
• Session 5: Ideas for research infrastructure and training
• Session 6: Next Steps
  
  

Session 1: Africalics: Why and How to build the Network - background and preliminary ideas

Moderator: David Kaplan, University of Cape Town
Rapporteur: Julia Zitha, Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique

The role of regional Lics and the aims of the Seminar

Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Globelics Secretariat, Aalborg University

• Slides: Innovation systems for low income countries
• Summary: Innovation systems for low income countries
• Slides: Globelics Background, Purpose, Activities

Mapping the LICS community in Africa

Erika Kraemer-Mbula, IERI, Tshwane University of Technology
Watu Wamae, RAND, Europe

• Slides: Preliminary Survey on forming an Africa-Lics network

My vision for AfricaLics

Mammo Muchie, Aalborg University/Tshwane University of Technology

• Slides: Vision for AfricaLics

Session 2: On-going research on LICS in Africa and perspectives for new research

Moderator: Samuel Wangwe, REPOA, Tanzania [Slides]
Rapporteur: Astrid Szogs, Tshwane University of Technology

Can Africa Catch up with Asia? Comparative Sectoral Performance of the Oil Palm Industry

Boladale Abiola Adebowale, National Centre For Technology Management

Emerging Innovation Systems (EIS) and Take off: evidence From North African Countries

Abdelkader Djeflat, Maghtech Network, University of Lille

• Summary: Emerging Innovation Systems (EIS) and Take off: evidence from North African Countries
  

Building linkages from commodity production in Africa

David Kaplan, University of Cape Town

• Slides: Making the Most of Commodities
• Summary:Making the Most of Commodities

Mapping innovation through innovations survey in Africa

Rasigan Maharajh

• Slides: Innovation Indicators & Evidence-based Policy Research Challenges

Session 3: Ideas for new research projects on LICS in Africa

Moderator: Rasmus Lema, Aalborg University
Rapporteur: Hezron Makundi, COSTEC, Tanzania

The significance and role of design and engineering in Developing country innovation systems

Martin Bell, SPRU, University of Sussex

• Slides: Developing African STI Indicators for African STI Policy
• Summary: Developing African STI Indicators for African STI Policy
• Slides: The Significance and Role of Design and Engineering in Developing Country Innovation Systems
• Summary: The Significance and Role of Design and Engineering in Developing Country Innovation Systems

Expenditure on R&D and Firms' Innovativeness in Africa: Going Beyond Aggregate Data

Bitrina Diyamet, ATPS Tanzania

• Slides: R&D Indicators and Firms’ Innovativeness in Africa: Going Beyond Aggregate Data

Assessing the impact of grassroots innovation in agriculture

Brigid Letty, Institute of Natural Resources, South Africa

• Slides: Agricultural grassroots innovation in South Africa: implications for indicator development
• Summary: Agricultural grassroots innovation in South Africa: implications for indicator development

Innovation policy for turbulent times

Michael Kahn, University of Stellenbosch

• Slides: Innovation policy in turbulent times
• Summary: Innovation policy in turbulent times

Session 4: How can development agencies and donor organisations contribute to network formation in Africa?

Moderator: Oyebanji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, UNHABITAT [Slides]
Rapporteur: Rasmus Lema, Globelics Secretariat

Roundtable: Short presentations from:

Sida

IDRC - Fernando Santiago

• Slides: Africalics

Session 5: Ideas for research infrastructure and training

Moderator: Mammo Muchie, Aalborg University/Tshwane University of Technology
Rapporteur: Adalgot Komba for IDS, University of Dar es Salaam

The Sida grant, the Globelics secretariat and Africa-Lics activities

Rasmus Lema, Globelics Secretariat

• Slides: The Sida grant, the Globelics secretariat and Africa-Lics activities
• Background note: Building the African Network for Learning, Innovation and Competence building Systems (AfricaLics)

The plans for LALICS - lessons for the Africa Network

Alexandre Vera Cruz, Cap Verde and Mexico

• Slides: How do we organise Lics’ Academy initiatives in Africa?
• Slides: The plans for Lalics - Lessons for Africalics

Presentation of the ISCD summer school

Tomas Kjellqvist, Blekinge Institute of Technology

• Slides: Why a summer school?

Promoting Europe-Africa Research Infrastructure Partnerships
Gatama Gichini and Eric Mwangi, Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology, Kenya

• Slides: Promoting Africa - Europe Research Infrastructure Partnerships (PAERIP)

Roundtable: Lics Academy initiatives in Africa. Short presentations from

Bengt-Åke Lundvall on Organising PhD training in Europe and China
Abdelkader Djeflat on The Globelics Academy in Algeria

• Slides: The Globelics Academy in Algiers
• Slides: The Magtech Network
  

Alexandre Vera Cruz on Training to promote University-Productive sector linkages in African context

Session 6: Next Steps

Moderator: Burton Mwamilla, NM-AIST, Tanzania
Rapporteur: Anna Kingiri, ACTS Nairobi

Rapporteurs' reports

Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Watu Wamae

• Slides: Rapporteur slides
• Summary note: Rapporteurs' report
  

Comments to the rapporteurs' report and general discussion

Closing of the All African seminar

Bitrina Diyamet, ATPS Tanzania
Bengt-Åke Lundval, Aalborg University